Skirt-supporter.



No. 868,'983. PATENTED 00122. 1907.

' A GROSSER SKIRT SUPPORTER.

APPLLGATION FILED APR. 3, 1997.

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WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

AGNES GROSSER, OF HALEDON, NEW JERSEY.

SKIRT-SUPPORTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AGNEs GROSSER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Haledon, Passaic county,

New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Skirt-Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to devices for supporting skirts at the back, especially, and it has for its object to provide a cheap and practical device of this nature which can be readily and conveniently applied, will not occasion discomfort to the wearer and will properly sustain the skirt and maintain the other garments at the waist in a neat and tidy condition.

My invention will be found fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 shows so much of the device as comprises the belt and skirt supporting plate adjusted to the wearer; Fig. 2 shows said belt and plate detached from the wearer; Fig. 3 is a view partly in vertical section and partly in side elevation of the device complete, the dotand-dash line representing the outline of the skirt and the dash line that of the garment or garments under the skirt; and, Fig. 4 is an inside view of the waist portion of the skirt.

In the drawings, a represents a belt provided with a buckle b or the like whereby it may be securely held about the waist of the wearer, said buckle being preferably arranged so as to bring it at the front when the belt is properly adjusted.

c is the skirt supporting plate. This is an elongated sheet of metal or some other material having the required stiffness and it is formed with a series of vertical slits d arranged one near each end and the others near the middle; all of these slits, it is to be noted, are ar-- ranged in the lower part of the plate. The belt a is passed through the slits, as shown in the drawings, and when it is properly adjusted holds the plate firmly against the back of the wearer.

At the top the plate is formed with two integral hooks c which are projections of the plate bent first outwardly and downwardly and then rebent so that their extremities project upwardly; these hooks are arranged at some little distance from each other partly so as to leave room between for the placket securing means f of the skirt 9 and partly so that the skirt will have a broad support at the back. From the hooks e to the vertical sides of the plate the upper corners are cut away, as best shown in Figs. .1 and 3, at h, giving the upper edge of the plate a substantially rounded effect, the purpose of which will appear hereinafter.

i is the band of the skirt 9 and j denotes eye-members Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 3,1907. Serial No. 366,165.

I the entire supporting device.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

which are secured to the inside thereof on both sides of the securing means f, i. 6., both sides of the skirt placket. Each eye-member is a small plate formed with a rectangular eye it horizontally disposed and with holes I through which stitching may be passed to secure the plate to the skirt band. Above and below the eye It the metal of the plate is bent into different planes so that the hooks e may readily be entered into the eyes.

Having adjusted the belt and plate as already described, the eye-members on the skirt-band are simply hooked onto the hooks of the plate and the placket then secured by the means f. The belt should be drawn tightly enough so as to hold down the waist, which for this purpose is passed under the belt and plate, the breadth of the plate making it well adapted to keep the waist in neat and tidy form at the back. Since the hooks are at the top of the plate the skirt-band conceals And by forming the hooks at the top of the plate the further advantage is secured that, since the hooks stand considerably above the line of the belt,- the upper portion of the plate yields outwardly and downwardly and thus lowers the center portion of the skirt at the back just enough to compensate for the elevation effected in the skirt-band by the fact that the hooks c are somewhat above the belt a which represents approximately the waist-line. This feature is of considerable importance and is indispensable in a proper skirt-supporter, as thereby the supporter prevents the sagging down the middle of the back of the skirt which arises from the skirt being usually much heavier there than elsewhere. By removing the upper corners of the plate or otherwise giving its upper edge substantially a rounded effect sharp corners which would form unsightly humps in the skirt-band and tend to wear the band are avoided.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a skirt supporter, the combination of a belt, means for securing the same about the waist of the wearer, a plate having a plurality of slits, the belt being passed through said slits and the plate having its greatest dimen sion in the direction of length of the belt, a skirtband, and eye-members attached to the inside of said skirt-band, said plate having hooks extending from its upper edge and adapted to engage with said eye-members, substantially as described.

2. In a skirt-supporter, the combination of a belt, means for securingthe same about the waist of the wearer, a plate having a-plurality of slits, the belt being passed through said slits and the plate having its greatest dimension in the direction of length of the belt and having said slits disposed relatively remote from its upper edge, a skirtband, and eye-members attached to the inside of said skirt-band, said plate having hooks formed at its upper edge and adapted to engage with said eyeanembers, substantially as described.

3. In a skirt-supporter, the combination of a belt, means for securing the same about the waist of the wearer, a plate having a plurality of slits, the belt being passed through said slits and the plate having its greatest dimension in the direction of length of the belt, its upper edge convex and said slits disposed relatively remote from its upper edge, a skirt-band, and eyemembers attached to the inside of said skirtband, said plate having hooks formed at the highest part of its upper edge and adapted to engage with said eye-members, substantially as described.

4. In a skirt-supporter, the combination of a belt, means for securing the same about the waist of the wearer, a plate having a plurality of slits, the belt being assed through said slits and the plate having its greatest dimension in the direction of length of the belt, a skirt-band, and eye-members attached to the inside of said skirt-band and I I 1 l 4 i l each having the material thereof above its eye in a different plane from that of the material thereof below said eye,

said plate having hooks at its upper edge the same being 15 integral projections of said plate bent first outwardly and downwardly and then upwardly, substantially as described.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 2nd day of April, 1907. 

